The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TRITE , but the solution may also be OLD which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in New York Times).
Stale crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TRITE | 35 % | 5 |
| OLD | 32 % | 3 |
| DATED | 7 % | 5 |
| TIRED | 4 % | 5 |
| MOLDY | 3 % | 5 |
| MUSTY | 3 % | 5 |
| PASSE | 3 % | 5 |
| FLAT | 3 % | 4 |
| OLDHAT | 3 % | 6 |
| RANCID | 1 % | 6 |
| DDD | 1 % | 3 |
| VAPID | 1 % | 5 |
| YESTERDAYSNEWS | 1 % | 14 |
| BAD | 1 % | 3 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Stale
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- spoiled
- spoilt
- addled
- limp
- wilted
- hard
- bad
- rancid
- flyblown
- unoriginal
- old
- musty
Crossword Answer definitions
TRITE adjective- Often in reference to a word or phrase: used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective; worn out, hackneyed.
- So well established as to be beyond debate: trite law.
- A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater.
- Trite, a genus of spiders, found in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, of the family Salticidae.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result TRITE
- Hackneyed
- Unoriginal
- Overdone
- Uninspired
- Like cliches
- Overused
- Like hackneyed writing
- Stale
- Far from fresh
- Worn out by use
More clues leading to the result OLD
- Like Methuselah
- Like the hills?
- Passe
- __ Nick (Satan)
- Hardly a spring chicken
- Immemorial
- Like MacDonald
- On in years
- Out of fashion
- Pre-Columbian
More clues leading to the result DATED
- Old hat
- Took out
- Passe
- Against the current?
- Not terribly current
- Jarringly unmodern
- Behind the times
- Saw
- Saw socially
- Out of style
More clues leading to the result TIRED
More clues leading to the result MOLDY
- Old-fashioned, as ideas
- Like some items in a damp basement
- Like some old bread
- Like most old bread
- Decaying, in a way
- Like really old bread
- Like week-old bread, maybe
- Like old bread
- Antiquated
- Like very old bread
More clues leading to the result MUSTY
- Like some attics
- Hardly fresh
- Smelling of decay
- Dank
- Antiquated
- Like a long-closed room
- Like some basements
- Affected by mold or mildew
- Like old attics
- In need of air freshener
More clues leading to the result PASSE
- Out
- Out of style
- Out-of-date
- Like stereo without Surround Sound, perhaps
- Old hat
- On the way out
- Out of date
- No longer de rigueur
- Outdated
- Like MySpace, as I was already telling everyone when Rupert Murdoch bought it
More clues leading to the result FLAT
- Fizzless
- London apartment
- Puncture consequence
- Stale
- Airless tire
- Musical symbol
- Lacking fizz
- Trip delayer
- Word with screen or cap
- Apartment
More clues leading to the result OLDHAT
- No longer cool
- Dated
- Been there, done that
- Passe
- Trite
- Commonplace
- No longer interesting
- Nothing new
- Outmoded
- Outdated
More clues leading to the result RANCID
- Bad-tasting
- Foul-smelling
- Putrid
- Not palatable
- Like old butter
- Like bad butter
- Like bad milk
- Sour
- Stale-smelling
- Causing serious nose-wrinkling
More clues leading to the result DDD
- "Agreed"
- "Auld" land
- "Chosen one" of sci-fi
- "Come at me, ___" ("Jersey Shore" tag line)
- "Consider this," initially
- "Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must ___" (Euripedes)
- "Go get them!"
- "How Long, Not Long" monogram
- "I'm so stupid!"
- "Impressive"